Two years ago in Denmark, the German dressage team had triumphed, now there was only enough for bronze. At the European Championships in Aachen, Germany has missed the target title defense. Even the return of millions of horse Totilas could not prevent. Germany ended after the last passage only in third place. The Netherlands secured the gold medal, England finished second.
For Germany Matthias Rath riding Totilas. In addition, had gone to the starting line-Bröring Kristina Sprehe on Desperados and Jessica Werndl with Bredow Unee and the five-time Olympic champion Isabell Werth with Don Johnson. Just Rath and Totilas took center stage. They occurred after nearly a year of injury of the erstwhile million horse for the first time at a major tournament on – and made directly for discussion.After the performance of Raht to Totilas the votes of the judges were extremely far apart and caused astonishment in the German team. After three of four riders Germany had still in the lead, only the fourth passage brought the decision in favor of the Dutch.
“We have imagined it differently. We were not as good as hoped for,” was the analysis of national coach Monica Theodorescu. Werth rider wanted the results also do not push on the decisions of the judges: “This is a fair result,” said the 46-year-old
concerned about the fitness of Totilas
Now, Germany is only the chance to win a title at the individual decisions. That it is enough here to gold, but is unlikely. . Only Kristina Bröring-Sprehe on Desperados took his leave with the third best ride of the competition for a medal
Whether Rath in the freestyle in general is still in the process with Totilas in Saturday’s Grand Prix Special and on Sunday seems uncertain: “We have to wait and see what tomorrow the vet says,” said Rath. Even after his performance in the team competition on Thursday there had been rumors about the lack of fitness of the now 15-year-old horse.
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